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Dougherty, Geoff, 1950
Digital image processing for medical applications / Geoff Dougherty.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-521-86085-7 (hardback)
1. Diagnostic imaging Digital techniques. 2. Image processing Digital techniques I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Diagnostic Imaging. 2. Image Processing, Computer-Assisted. 3. Medical Informatics Applications. WN 180 D732d 2009]
RC78.7.D53D72 2009
16.07 ?54 ? dc22
2008031555

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all my previous students for their feedback on the courses which eventually led to this book; especially Zainab Kawaf, Terry Peters,...